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News Release from: Balluff UK | Subject: Error proofing brochure
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 02 December 2005
Error proofing brochure released
Balluff has released a brochure in support of error proofing, an innovative production quality improvement technique that is rapidly being adopted by leading manufacturing companies.
Balluff has released a brochure in support of error proofing, an innovative production quality improvement technique that is rapidly being adopted by leading manufacturing companies Error proofing consists of sensor-driven quality checks custom designed for each manufacturing process that prevent a part from being made incorrectly
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 24 Oct 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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Now they verify that a part is being manufactured correctly at each stage of the process - and prevent the process from continuing if it is not.
Using error proofing, a finished product is automatically within specification and ready for the customer.
No need for further quality checks.
Error proofing can also protect expensive production equipment, automatically identify production sub-assemblies, and protect operators from dangerous conditions on the line.
A good error proofing program will increase productivity, increase product quality, decrease costs and scrap, increasing a company's chances to prosper in today's highly competitive manufacturing environment.
* About Balluff - Balluff the UK subsidiary of Balluff and Co, Neuhausen, Germany is a leading manufacturer of a wide range of inductive, photoelectric, capacitive, magnetic field sensors as well as multiple limit switches, linear position transducers and RFID Identification systems.
Balluff products for OEM and factory floor solutions are used to control, regulate, automate, assemble, position and monitor manufacturing, assembly and packaging sequences for a wide range of industries including automotive, material handling, packaging, food and fluid power.
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